Here’s what you need to know about the Kings’ 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night:

THE GAME IN 140 CHARACTERS OR FEWER

• Ugly but effective. Kings lose Kopitar after 1st but grit out road win thanks to Enroth and a couple timely goals. Blues held to 24 shots.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT

• “I hadn’t played for two weeks so I was just trying to stay sharp in practice. I’m just happy for every start I get.”

– Kings goalie Jhonas Enroth.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

• With Anze Kopitar out for the final two periods, center Jeff Carter took 29 of the Kings’ 64 faceoffs. Carter, who has surprisingly struggled in the faceoff circle this season, won 13 of 29.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

• It’s not easy to be a backup goalie. It’s not easy to be a backup goalie who hasn’t played in 12 games. It’s not easy to be a little-used backup goalie still trying to adjust to a new team. All that makes Tuesday’s effort by Enroth all the more impressive. He made 24 saves for his sixth career shutout and, in two games with the Kings – both on the road – Enroth has stopped 63 of 64 shots. He was very sharp Tuesday.

ANALYSIS

• This was certainly a gritty victory for the Kings, less than 24 hours after their sloppy third-period collapse against Chicago. The team easily could have mailed in the game at the start of the second period, after Kopitar’s injury and after it seemed clear that Blues goalie Jake Allen was on top of his game. But the Kings kept working, eventually got rewarded and played with good energy and focus throughout the game. St. Louis attempted to make a third-period push but generated only eight shots on goal.

KEY MOMENT

• The Blues, trailing only 1-0, went on their fourth power play of the game at the 9:34 mark of the third period. They totaled only two shots on goal, thanks in part to Kings defenseman Alec Martinez, whose timely stick deflection in front of the Kings’ net broke up a cross-ice pass and a potential scoring chance. The Kings scored their second goal less than four minutes after that power play ended.

ANY NEWS?

• Kings center Anze Kopitar missed the final two periods with what the Kings called an upper-body injury. Kopitar was hit in the head by either the elbow or stick of St. Louis’ Ryan Reaves. He took three shifts after the hit but was not on the ice for the start of the second period. A team trainer appeared to be tending to Kopitar’s mouth area immediately after the hit. Coach Darryl Sutter told the L.A. Times and LAKingsInsider.com after the game that Kopitar was “feeling better” and went through concussion protocol.

• Kings defenseman Jamie McBain returned to the lineup, one day after his wife gave birth to the couple’s first child. McBain replaced rookie defenseman Derek Forbort.

• With Kopitar out for the final two periods, the Kings primarily used fourth-line center Andy Andreoff in Kopitar’s place on the first line. Weal also got at least one shift with Marian Gaborik and Dustin Brown.

MORE POSTGAME QUOTES (from NBC Sports Network)

JHONAS ENROTH

(on the win…) “Obviously it’s huge to win after a tough loss like (Chicago). It’s nice to get back and get a ‘W’ for us.”

(on the challenges of being a backup goalie…) “You want to get as many games, obviously, as you can. I hadn’t played for two weeks so I was just trying to stay sharp in practice. I’m just happy for every start I get.”

(on staying sharp between starts…) “It is difficult. It’s a different animal, I guess. It’s something you need to bear down on. I’ve been in this situation before, behind Ryan (Miller) in Buffalo a couple years ago. Playing behind guys like Miller and (Jonathan) Quick, you definitely see why they’re so good. They compete in practice too, and it makes me want to compete.”

POSTGAME NOTES

• The Kings went 1 for 5 on the power play (with 12 shots on goal) and 4 for 4 on the penalty kill. The Kings have scored at least one power-play goal in six of their last nine games.

Rich Hammond was a high school senior when the Rams left town in 1995, and now he's their beat writer for the Southern California News Group. A native of L.A., Rich broke in at the Daily Breeze as a college freshman and also has covered USC, the Kings, the Lakers and the Dodgers. He still loves sports and telling stories. Don't take the sarcastic tweets too seriously.

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